Walsall 2
Wrexham 3
League (Division Three)


Walsall 

2 - 3
HT: 1-3

Wrexham


League
(Division Three)
Saturday, February 26th, 1977
Fellows Park
Attendance: 5,893
3:00pm kick-off


Goalscorers
Alan Buckley (pen.) (40)
Alan Birch (90)
Billy Ashcroft (8)
Graham Whittle (28)
Mickey Thomas (29)

Team Managers
Doug Fraser John Neal

Starting Eleven
1. Mick Kearns
2. Brian Taylor
3. Brian Caswell
4. Dave Robinson
5. Roger Hynd
6. Nick Atthey
7. Miah Dennehy
8. Mick Bates
9. George Andrews
10. Alan Buckley
11. Alan Birch
Brian Lloyd .1
Alan Hill .2
Mickey Evans .3
Gareth Davies .4
John Roberts .5
Mickey Thomas .6
Bobby Shinton .7
Mel Sutton .8
Billy Ashcroft .9
Graham Whittle .10
Arfon Griffiths .11

Bench
12. Alun Evans Stuart Lee .12

Substitutions
Alun Evans for Mick Bates (70) None.

Cautions
None. None.

Red Cards
None. None.

Match Officials

B. Martin (Keyworth) (Referee)



Match Report


Source unknown.




Squad Statistics (as at February 26th, 1977)


1976-77 All Time
League Cups All
Brian Lloyd (GK) 27 - 13 - 309 -
Gareth Davies 27 - 13138913
Mickey Evans 24 - 11 - 41624
Alan Hill 7 - 5 - 43 -
John Roberts 27 - 131401
Arfon Griffiths 27113 - 672139
Mel Sutton 26 - 13 - 24220
Mickey Thomas 26513219723
Billy Ashcroft 261513925388
Bobby Shinton 27131273920
Graham Whittle 251213625766







League Table & Results (as at February 26th, 1977)


Other Wrexham matches played on February 26th, 1977:
North Wales Coast FA Challenge Cup
Connah's Quay0-0Wrexham Reserves

Results of league matches played since last match
21st February 1977
Tranmere R.0-1Swindon Town
22nd February 1977
Chester1-0Gillingham
Crystal Palace2-1Portsmouth
York City2-2Lincoln City
26th February 1977
Chesterfield2-0Sheffield Wed.
Crystal Palace0-0Peterborough
Grimsby Town1-2Oxford United
Northampton5-3Shrewsbury T.
Portsmouth3-2Gillingham
Reading1-3Bury
Rotherham Utd2-0Preston NE
Swindon Town2-2Lincoln City
Walsall2-3Wrexham
York City0-1Brighton & HA


Division Three 1976-77
P W D L GD Pts
1. Brighton & Hove Albion 30 18 6 6 +34 42
2. Mansfield Town 28 17 5 6 +27 39
3. Rotherham United 29 14 11 4 +19 39
4. WREXHAM 27 15 6 6 +18 36
5. Crystal Palace 29 13 10 6 +13 36
6. Sheffield Wednesday 31 14 7 10 +6 35
7. Preston North End 29 12 10 7 +15 34
8. Shrewsbury Town 30 14 6 10 +13 34
9. Bury 29 13 6 10 -3 32
10. Chester 28 14 3 11 -4 31
11. Oxford United 31 9 11 11 -2 29
12. Lincoln City 25 10 8 7 +3 28
13. Swindon Town 27 10 8 9 -1 28
14. Gillingham 30 10 8 12 -9 28
15. Tranmere Rovers 28 7 12 9 -2 26
16. Peterborough United 29 8 9 12 -9 25
17. Portsmouth 29 7 10 12 -10 24
18. Walsall 29 8 7 14 -7 23
19. Chesterfield 30 9 5 16 -8 23
20. York City 30 8 7 15 -24 23
21. Northampton Town 30 8 5 17 -17 21
22. Port Vale 27 5 10 12 -11 20
23. Grimsby Town 30 8 4 18 -18 20
24. Reading 31 7 6 18 -23 20